Posted on 04/23/2008 10:21:30 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007
April 8, 2008 -- Despite being the victim of an on-line prank, the Mets are gonna give Rick Astley a chance.
Thanks to a pair of humor sites, the cheesy 1980s pop singer and his hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" received more than 5 million write-in votes to be the Mets' permanent sing-along song in the eighth inning.
The Mets are playing the top six vote-getters' songs in order during the eighth inning of their first six home games, starting with Astley's song today in the final Shea Stadium opener. The winner will then be decided by which song the club feels gets the strongest fan reaction.
The other candidates are Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer," the Monkees' "I'm A Believer," Neil Diamond's
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I love how everyone boos. XD
Great, more annoying songs.
how about less of that and more baseball
I don’t see how this song is any worse than the other vote-getters.
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